NASCAR ' Ambrose Out to Prove He Is The Fastest Man in Nascar, Takes The Pole in Sonoma

Marcos Ambrose sit on the pole in Sonoma for the Toyota/SaveMart 350

Fastest man in NASCAR since 1987 in Michigan.  Fastest man on the track in Sonoma.  Marcos Ambrose is a man on fire.  While he is well known for his prowess on the road courses and is always expected to run well, Ambrose always steps it up to show his skills earned from his years of running the Aussie V8's.  'I don't know if I got it all, but I got a lot of it,' Ambrose said after his lap, which averaged 95.262 mph.

'We put a lot of effort into this road-course program,' said Ambrose, whose only cup win to date was  last year on the road course at Watkins Glen. 'I'm thrilled for my team and it takes a whole team to qualify on pole two weeks in a row.'

Ambrose knocked Jimmie Johnson off the provisional pole to take the tops spot and then had to wait out the final 6 drivers to see if his time would hold.  Jeff Gordon, who had run the fastest in first practice, was his biggest concern.

Jeff Gordon will Start second in Sonoma today.

'I thought it was a really good lap,' Gordon said. 'Hey, you've got to credit where credit is due: Marcos laid down a heck of a lap and we came up just a little bit short. We knew that was going to be a tough lap to beat.'

Gordon will start on the outside of row 1 as his best efforts ended with a second fastest time.

Jimmie Johnson, who starts in third after seeing his time knocked down by Ambrose, feels that he has been struggling with the car all weekend.

Jimmie Johnson's time held for a third place starting position

'We've been really struggling on comfort in the car since we unloaded,' Johnson said. 'Clearly the speed is in the car, but the comfort is not quite there. We just worked on qualifying trim and it was on edge the whole lap. I hope that we can get some rear grip in the car and get things to calm down for the race, because I don't want (to) drive 110 laps the way it drove today.'

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